AppleSox head coach Ian Sanderson announced on Wednesday the addition of seven new members of the 2021 AppleSox. These seven players come from six different schools across the country ranging from states as far east as South Carolina.

“One of my goals,” Sanderson said, “has been to utilize contacts not just on the West Coast but elsewhere in the country to bring talent to Wenatchee. It’s exciting to have guys come here who might play a different brand of ball.”

Adam Grob

Adam Grob started out his collegiate career at Wabash Valley College (Illinois) before transferring to South Carolina Upstate. Grob hit .429 in 16 games as a freshman and then .358 with seven home runs in 19 games last season. He’s batting .200 with one home run through his first 11 games with the Spartans this spring.

Lucas Kolovitz

Lucas Kolovitz is coming off an abbreviated freshman year in which he hit .275 in 13 games for Purdue University Fort Wayne. He is hitting .179 with one home run and six walks in 15 games this year.

Cole Mayes

Cole Mayes is a graduate of Lake Travis High School in Texas in 2018. Mayes did not appear in any games for Temple Junior College last season after undergoing Tommy John Surgery and has not played in any this season either.

Trey Miller

Trey Miller was born in Washington but moved to Danville, PA, in 2018 and graduated from Danville High School last year. He did not pitch as a senior but went 7-4 with a 1.82 ERA over 65.1 innings in 12 games as a junior. Miller tossed six complete games and struck out 84 batters.

Miller has a 1.69 ERA with nine strikeouts and just two walks over 16 innings-pitched in six games this spring. His first four appearances were all out of the bullpen, but Miller has made back-to-back starts and has not allowed any runs in 10 innings.

Justin Simpson

Justin Simpson transferred from Golden West College to Central Michigan and is hitting .362 with 12 walks through 17 games for his new school so far. He hit .326 in 2019 to earn All-Orange Empire Conference Second Team honors prior to transferring and did not play in 2020.

Rece Stapp

Rece Stapp redshirted last season and retains freshman status this spring at Ohio University. He is looking to make his season debut for the Bobcats.

Jacob Wyeth

After two impressive junior college seasons, Jacob Wyeth will join the AppleSox this summer. He batted .433 with three doubles and one homer in 11 games for Cisco College last season and was named a Texas Junior College All-Star the season before. Wyeth threw out 15 of 32 base-stealers, 46-percent, last season (by comparison, San Diego Padres catcher Austin Hedges led the National League by throwing out 46.2-percent of attempted base-stealers).

Wyeth is hitting .167 through 12 games this spring.

The 2021 season begins on June 1 against the Northwest Star Academy. For information on tickets, please call 509-665-6900 or email info@applesox.com.